The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age, Opening, part 6, sentence 32
‘Now ride we on!’ they rode for many an hour, Till, through an oak-glade in that glimmering wood, They saw Emania, veiled in cloud and shower: Above the edge of that black cloud there stood A moon nigh setting in a sanguine shroud; And many thunders heard they, far, not loud.
Who acts: traitors, edge, many thunders · What happens: ride on, ride, glimmer, see, veil, stand · To what, where: oak glade, Emania, moon, sanguine shroud, traitors
This is a sentence of «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Opening, part 6. The page gives its syntax tree — a dependency tree in the style of Universal Dependencies — and its pragmatics clause by clause: who acts (traitors, edge, many thunders), what happens, when and where, as Mova's frames read it from the tree.
Mova's own parse. This tree may be wrong.
The tree
The words, one row each (CoNLL-U)
| # | word | lemma | UPOS | features | head | relation |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ‘ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 ride | punct |
| 2 | Now | now | ADV | PronType=Dem | 3 ride | advmod |
| 3 | ride | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=1 Tense=Pres VerbForm=Fin | root | root |
| 4 | we | we | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=1 PronType=Prs | 5 on | nsubj |
| 5 | on | on | ADP | _ | 3 ride | compound:prt |
| 6 | ! | ! | PUNCT | _ | 3 ride | punct |
| 7 | ’ | ' | PUNCT | _ | 3 ride | punct |
| 8 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 9 rode | nsubj |
| 9 | rode | ride | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ride | parataxis |
| 10 | for | for | ADP | _ | 13 hour | case |
| 11 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 13 hour | amod |
| 12 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 13 hour | det |
| 13 | hour | hour | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 rode | obl |
| 14 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 15 Till | punct |
| 15 | Till | Till | PROPN | Number=Sing | 13 hour | appos |
| 16 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 21 glade | punct |
| 17 | through | through | ADP | _ | 21 glade | case |
| 18 | an | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 21 glade | det |
| 19 | oak | oak | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 glade | compound |
| 20 | - | - | PUNCT | _ | 19 oak | punct |
| 21 | glade | glade | NOUN | Number=Sing | 9 rode | obl |
| 22 | in | in | ADP | _ | 25 wood | case |
| 23 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 25 wood | det |
| 24 | glimmering | glimmer | VERB | VerbForm=Ger | 25 wood | amod |
| 25 | wood | wood | NOUN | Number=Sing | 21 glade | nmod |
| 26 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 28 saw | punct |
| 27 | They | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 28 saw | nsubj |
| 28 | saw | see | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 9 rode | parataxis |
| 29 | Emania | Emania | PROPN | Number=Sing | 28 saw | obj |
| 30 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 31 veiled | punct |
| 31 | veiled | veil | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 28 saw | conj |
| 32 | in | in | ADP | _ | 33 cloud | case |
| 33 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 31 veiled | obl |
| 34 | and | and | CCONJ | _ | 35 shower | cc |
| 35 | shower | shower | NOUN | Number=Sing | 33 cloud | conj |
| 36 | : | : | PUNCT | _ | 39 edge | punct |
| 37 | Above | above | ADP | _ | 39 edge | case |
| 38 | the | the | DET | Definite=Def PronType=Art | 39 edge | det |
| 39 | edge | edge | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 stood | nsubj |
| 40 | of | of | ADP | _ | 43 cloud | case |
| 41 | that | that | DET | Number=Sing PronType=Dem | 43 cloud | det |
| 42 | black | black | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 43 cloud | amod |
| 43 | cloud | cloud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 39 edge | nmod |
| 44 | there | there | ADV | PronType=Dem | 43 cloud | advmod |
| 45 | stood | stand | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Sing Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 31 veiled | conj |
| 46 | A | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 47 moon | det |
| 47 | moon | moon | NOUN | Number=Sing | 45 stood | obj |
| 48 | nigh | nigh | ADV | _ | 45 stood | advmod |
| 49 | setting | set | VERB | Tense=Pres VerbForm=Part | 45 stood | advcl |
| 50 | in | in | ADP | _ | 53 shroud | case |
| 51 | a | a | DET | Definite=Ind PronType=Art | 53 shroud | det |
| 52 | sanguine | sanguine | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 53 shroud | amod |
| 53 | shroud | shroud | NOUN | Number=Sing | 49 setting | obl |
| 54 | ; | ; | PUNCT | _ | 58 heard | punct |
| 55 | And | and | CCONJ | _ | 58 heard | cc |
| 56 | many | many | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 57 thunders | amod |
| 57 | thunders | thunder | NOUN | Number=Plur | 58 heard | nsubj |
| 58 | heard | hear | VERB | Mood=Ind Number=Plur Person=3 Tense=Past VerbForm=Fin | 3 ride | parataxis |
| 59 | they | they | PRON | Case=Nom Number=Plur Person=3 PronType=Prs | 58 heard | obj |
| 60 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 61 far | punct |
| 61 | far | far | ADV | Degree=Pos | 58 heard | advmod |
| 62 | , | , | PUNCT | _ | 64 loud | punct |
| 63 | not | not | PART | Polarity=Neg | 64 loud | advmod |
| 64 | loud | loud | ADJ | Degree=Pos | 61 far | conj |
| 65 | . | . | PUNCT | _ | 3 ride | punct |
Pragmatics
| # | verb | tense, mood | who | what, whom | to whom | where | when | other | roles by |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ride on | present | now | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP.agent V»: agent=Agent | |||||
| 2 | ride | past | traitors = traitor | a oak glade in that glimmering wood | hour | vn nonvehicle-51.4.2 «NP V PP.location»: agent=Agent through glade=Trajectory | |||
| 3 | glimmer | gerund | vn light_emission-43.1 «NP V»: agent=Theme | ||||||
| 4 | see | past | traitors = traitor | Emania | vn comprehend-87.2-1-1 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer emania=Stimulus | ||||
| 5 | veil | past | traitors = traitor not said here | in cloud and shower | vn fill-9.8-1 «NP V NP PP.theme»: agent=Agent in cloud=Theme | ||||
| 6 | stand | past | the edge of that black cloud | a moon | nigh property | vn admire-31.2 «NP V NP»: agent=Experiencer moon=Stimulus | |||
| 7 | set | gerund | the edge of that black cloud not said here | a sanguine shroud | vn put-9.1-2 «NP V NP PP.destination»: agent=Agent in shroud=Destination | ||||
| 8 | hear | past | many thunders | traitors = traitor | far property | vn see-30.1-1-1 «NP V S»: agent=Experiencer they=Stimulus |
One row per clause the reader finds. «not said here»: a role filled from the clause above. «roles by»: a VerbNet class and frame when one fits the verb, else the reader's rules on the tree.
Text: «The foray of Queen Meave, and other legends of Ireland's heroic age» by Aubrey De Vere, Project Gutenberg book 78491 (public domain in the USA). Tree: Mova's own parse, Elamur Cosmic License. Frames: Mova's frames reader (prag), the chapter read in order.
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